SCP-3091 — SCP-3091 | Cost Breakdown

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SCP-3091 Euclid ~ medium confidence

SCP-3091

Expected annual

$14.6M

One-time setup

$59.7M

Annual recurring

$13.6M

Personnel

Estimated one-time capital and R&D outlays are very large (driven by exotic-material R&D, contingency reserves, robotics fleet and spares) while recurring costs are dominated by specialized staffing, remote logistics, and continuous monitoring/maintenance.

🏗️ One-Time Capital Costs Total: $59.7M

Contingency Fund $20.0M

[#25] One-time contingency/reserve for unknown anomalous escalation, emergency R&D, large-scale evacuations, or containment upgrades.

Exotic R And D $15.0M

[#8] Capital/startup funding for multi-year R&D program to synthesize/characterize expunged superconductor/exotic materials.

Equipment $7.2M

[#6, #10, #11, #13, #14, #17] Robotics fleet and advanced inspection hardware, radiation-monitoring and shielding installation, xenon handling/reserve equipment, secure/timeproof monitoring hardware, communications and initial security install.

Facilities $4.5M

[#1, #9, #15] One-time site control/land-management surface infrastructure, geothermal audit/refurbish, and provisioning off-site analysis facilities/secure data center provisioning.

Generator Spares $3.0M

[#7] Strategic spares build for field generators (6–12 units worth of non-exotic parts).

Containment Mobile Units $3.0M

[#19] Mobile suppression units, portable Faraday/lead tents, negative-pressure modules and pre-positioned shielding crates.

Initial Research And Lab Setup $2.0M

[#8] Laboratory buildout and instrumentation to support exotic-materials research and cryogenic/materials characterization studies.

Emergency Stock $1.5M

[#18] Emergency shelters, rapid-isolation modules, and pre-positioned crisis equipment stock.

Cover Story Setup $1.5M

[#16] One-time costs to establish cover identities, legal agreements, and community-relations foundations.

Archival Continuity $1.0M

[#26] Long-term redundancy archives and continuity planning capital (geographically-separated analog/physical archives).

Training Program $300K

[#5] Development of DMWT temporal-safety/radiation/remote-ops training program and simulators.

Timeproof Tools $300K

[#21] Initial cryptoeconomic/timeproof safeguards, tools and protocol development.

Records Archival $150K

[#23] Initial secure archival, redaction project, and selective secure destruction setup.

Supplies Initial $125K

[#22] Initial provisioning of specialized PPE, radiation suits, UV filters, and replacement optics.

Medical Setup $100K

[#4] Initial medical protocols and setup for pre/post-shift screening and long-term monitoring.

🔄 Annual Recurring Costs Total: $13.6M/yr

Staff Wages $4.5M/yr

[#3] Ongoing wages for on-site and remote monitoring staff (20–40 FTE, remote-location/hazard pay included).

Research And Monitoring $2.7M/yr

[#4, #13, #15, #20, #8] Ongoing medical screening/long-term monitoring, offsite archival/storage rotation, off-site compute and analysis staffing, scientific telemetry/theoretical research and recurring exotic-materials research staff costs.

Logistics And Transport $1.2M/yr

[#2] Charter flights, helicopter/fixed-wing shuttles, barge/icebreaker freight and heavy-lift logistics for Nunavut operations.

Security And Surveillance $950K/yr

[#17] Recurring staffing, regional rapid-response standby teams, intrusion detection monitoring and surveillance upkeep.

Robotics Maintenance $600K/yr

[#6] Recurring maintenance, spare parts and redundancy rotation for robots/ROVs/UGVs.

Generator Spares Maintenance $600K/yr

[#7] Routine maintenance spares/consumables for field generators.

Facilities Maintenance $500K/yr

[#1, #9] Recurring inspections, seasonal repairs, permit compliance, geothermal borehole/pump servicing and backup-power maintenance.

Personnel Rotation $500K/yr

[#24] Rotation logistics, remote living allowances, housing and food subsidies above base salary.

Emergency Response $350K/yr

[#18] Medevac contracts, emergency readiness rotation and medevac standby costs.

Supplies And Consumables $315K/yr

[#10, #11, #22] Dosimetry and consumables, routine xenon handling/leak-testing, PPE replacement, optics/coatings consumables.

Cover Story And Legal $300K/yr

[#16] Legal retainers, cover-story maintenance, liaison budgets and community relations.

Shielding Replacement $200K/yr

[#10] Replacement shielding modules and portable shielding rotation as needed.

Containment Maintenance $200K/yr

[#19] Maintenance and rotation of mobile suppression units, negative-pressure modules and containment readiness equipment.

Communications $150K/yr

[#14] Bandwidth/leasing fees, satellite/fiber leases, and comms maintenance (including EMP/Faraday protection upkeep).

Hazardous Waste Disposal $125K/yr

[#12] Licensed transport and disposal contingencies and annual disposal/reserve funding.

Cryptoeconomic Audit $125K/yr

[#21] Recurring audits, forensic timeproofing, and forensic staff hours for retrocausal event analysis.

Training And Certification $125K/yr

[#5] Recurrent refresher courses, new-personnel certification, and simulator time.

Archival Rotation $75K/yr

[#26] Rotation and maintenance costs for geographically-separated archival copies and trusteeship operations.

Records Management $50K/yr

[#23] Ongoing redaction, archival rotation, and secure records management.

⚡ Cost Scenarios

📊 Baseline (baseline) $13.6M/yr

85.0% probability / year

Uneventful year: routine monitoring, scheduled maintenance, and standard logistics without major incidents.

routine monitoring scheduled maintenance normal personnel rotations

🚨 Minor Incident $16.1M/yr

12.0% probability / year +$2.5M vs baseline

Localized containment or equipment failure requiring emergency response, targeted hazardous disposal and partial spare deployment.

localized containment breach significant xenon leak moderate generator failure

🚨 Major Breach $38.6M/yr

3.0% probability / year +$25.0M vs baseline

Large-scale failure or damage (multiple generator failures, extensive contamination, or attempted replication) requiring contingency draw, large-scale disposal, mass evacuation or urgent R&D.

multi-generator failure large-scale contamination event replication/expunged-material emergency

👥 Personnel 30 total

Role	Count	Notes
Security Officer / MTF Agent	8	[#17, #3] 24/7 perimeter and regional rapid-response staffing; background checks and security tech.
Research Scientist	6	[#20, #8] Theoretical and experimental staff for telemetry analysis and exotic-materials research.
Engineer / Maintenance	6	[#3, #9] Electrical/mechanical engineers to service field generators, geothermal plant and onsite systems.
Administrative Staff	2	[#1, #16] Site administration, permits, liaison, and cover-story administration.
Medical Officer	1	[#4] Occupational health, screening, and long-term monitoring coordinator.
Data / Temporal Analyst	3	[#13, #20] Time-anomaly logging, cryptoeconomic/timeproof analysis and forensic reconstruction.
Logistics / Operator	4	[#2, #24] Transport coordination, remote-ops operators, rotation coordination and field logistics.

📋 Confidence Notes

Estimates are order-of-magnitude: logistics and staffing in remote Nunavut settings are reasonably predictable, but expunged/exotic components, temporal effects, and the contingency size introduce large uncertainty.

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